Patents by Inventor Craig Maitlen

Craig Maitlen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9910573
    Abstract: By adjusting visual settings on a display behind a section of a background to emphasize menu options, a user can determine the status in the series of menus and sub-menus and can better read the menu options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Thamer A. Abanami, Julian Selman, Craig Maitlen, Russell E. Glaser, Rowland Lee Brown
  • Publication number: 20140040802
    Abstract: By adjusting visual settings on a display behind a section of a background to emphasize menu options, a user can determine the status in the series of menus and sub-menus and can better read the menu options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thamer A. Abanami, Julian Selman, Craig Maitlen, Russell E. Glaser, Rowland Lee Brown
  • Patent number: 8584028
    Abstract: By adjusting visual settings on a display behind a section of a background to emphasize menu options, a user can determine the status in the series of menus and sub-menus and can better read the menu options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thamer A. Abanami, Julian Selman, Craig Maitlen, Russell E. Glaser, Rowland Lee Brown
  • Patent number: D647913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Maitlen, David Heutmaker, Martin Jung, John Solaro
  • Patent number: D648739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Maitlen, David Heutmaker, Martin Jung
  • Patent number: D664992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Pizzutelli, Craig Maitlen, John A. Solaro
  • Patent number: D665418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Pizzutelli, Craig Maitlen, John A. Solaro
  • Patent number: D665419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Pizzutelli, Craig Maitlen, John A. Solaro
  • Patent number: D667416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Maitlen, David Heutmaker, Martin Jung, John Solaro, Antonio Pizzutelli
  • Patent number: D683363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Jung, David Heutmaker, Craig Maitlen, John A. Solaro
  • Patent number: D766263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Clinton Rice, Craig Maitlen, Steve Dolan, Rita Yu, Anthony J. Giardini, Nathan Johnson, Sean Kollenkark
  • Patent number: D766296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Austin Jansen, Mengyuan Tu, Rita Yu, Nicholas Robinson, Craig Maitlen, Nicolas Bauer, Andrew Moroney
  • Patent number: D766926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Fleischmann, Ramiro Torres, Xiaoji Chen, Craig Maitlen, Mark Kobrin
  • Patent number: D768647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicolas Bauer, Nathan Johnson, Anthony Giardini, John Clinton Rice, Craig Maitlen, Steve Dolan, Rita Yu, Sean Kollenkark
  • Patent number: D771663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rita Yu, John Clinton Rice, Macbeth Watson, Craig Maitlen, Steve Dolan, Xiaoji Chen
  • Patent number: D771664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rita Yu, Xiaoji Chen, Craig Maitlen, Steve Dolan
  • Patent number: D775200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Maitlen, Telmen Dzjind, Theodore Aaron Haberman
  • Patent number: D791153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Clinton Rice, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Rita Yu, Adam Sidwell, Nicholas Robinson, Craig Maitlen, Anthony J. Giardini
  • Patent number: D791164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Clinton Rice, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Rita Yu, Adam Sidwell, Nicholas Robinson, Craig Maitlen, Anthony J. Giardini
  • Patent number: D792894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Telmen Dzjind, Anthony J. Giardini, Craig Maitlen, Tsitsi Isabel Gora, Xiaoji Chen